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Yes wearing just in communal areas and I guess if when you are talking to parents and cannot socially distance. I have noticed a few times now when I have needed to talk to a parent or get them to sign the accident book etc that sometimes it’s not possible to keep to social distancing and think we may start wearing masks at handover time. I have also noticed a bit of an air of complacency amongst the parents and think perhaps people are starting to forget the need to still comply to distancing etc.
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It’s a flaming joke! Where where they at the height of the pandemic? 😡. Also I am so disgusted and enraged on behalf of our childminder colleagues that they do not have access to tests or masks!
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We received our test kits today. I do not understand the logic of not using them until the 22nd! What on earth is that all about? Im not sure we are going to use them. We have just got back and settled and one false positive will mean closing until a PCR test can be done. I have heard that there are a lot of false positives with these and just don’t know if it’s worth the disruption to the setting. I have yet to make a decision on it. What’s everyone else’s thoughts? Plus you can bet your life there is going to be extra paper work and recording to go with it.!
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Roll on some good weather. This constant rain is getting me down. Having soaking wet waterproofs hanging around, then having to put them back on anytime we are going out is so time consuming. Then the other morning some of the our waterproof coats just gave up and couldn’t cope with the deluge and despite us supplying every child with a full set of waterproofs we still had some arrive in fashion coats which ended up drenched through. I am determined to spend time outside whatever the weather each day and this is not a popular decision with some parents and am working hard to try and make them see the benefits so the waterproofs failing did not help the situation. I want summer now! Anyway have a happy Friday all, stay safe. X
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So I am very grateful that all our children without exception are happy to be back at school with their friends. Friendships have just picked up again with no problems. But listening skills have completely gone out of the window which has really shocked me! Dressing skills are practically non existent and trying to get waterproofs and welly boots on 14 children accompanied by the “I can’t do it” chant nearly drove me over the edge yesterday. Luckily we only have one child at the moment who has some behaviours that need keeping an eye on. I just hope the 4 new children starting after Easter settle easily. I am incredibly happy that I have chosen now to drop my two afternoon sessions and I was expecting to find it very hard walking out and leaving everyone still there but it was actually quite easy! Although the children were so confused as they are hardly ever without me there! I really do think this is the first steps to me giving up eventually!
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I have just managed to book for my husband. We are going to a centre about 18 miles away. Our doctors surgery is quite slow so it seems sensible to go further afield and get the jab quicker. Still keeping my fingers crossed they get to the over 45s soon!
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Oh my goodness he is gorgeous. Cleo cocker spaniel would like to come and play as well please!
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The difference in side effects is really interesting. My son was poorly all week after having his (but he has a shocking immune system after having glandular fever) Most of the staff from the home and the doctors staff had it at the same time and the majority of them had side effects. My Mum (85) had a sore arm and my Dad (89) had no effects whatsoever!
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I can’t wait for my jab, don’t care which one it is! Just need them to get to the 40-50 bracket now. My husband 60 this year so shouldn’t be much longer until he has his. Hopefully it won’t be long until my parents get their second jabs as well.
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Oh no. Hope everyone is ok, thinking of you all. Xx
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We are back three mornings and have 13 children. They are so happy to be back, no tears no reluctance at all and have just picked up friendships straight away. We now just need to get self care skills, manners and tidying up skills back on track! We are going back to full opening hours on the 8th March. Have a good day everyone, the sun is shining here in Cornwall and looks set to be a beautiful day.
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I feel more confident but am worried about people being complacent and what will happen when lockdown restrictions are lifted.
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So at the beginning of last week the rest of the parents said they would wait until schools returned before coming back. I then had two parents contact me and ask if they could return after half term. This then took us up to six children. So I decided we would increase to three mornings. Chairperson then put this out as a message and wow! They all changed their minds pretty quickly. This takes us up to eleven children now before the new starters. I do worry that as our cases are so low now that a lot of people have become very complacent and I will be sending out strict reminders this weekend!
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Back to school next week with all except one child returning! Have delayed the four new starters until after Easter.
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Another good series on Amazon prime is New Amsterdam. It’s a hospital drama and makes you realise just how lucky we are to have the NHS in this country.
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My Mum had the Pfizer jab and was absolutely fine, no side effects. My son (aged 20) had the Oxford jab and was really unwell for a week. I put this down to him having had glandular fever in the past and his rubbish immune system but on his return to work a big proportion of the care home staff and residents had side effects. We were then so worried about Dad having this jab in his frail state, but he had no side effects whatsoever. I think it’s awful that the police force have no had their jabs working on the front line like they do, I was shocked to hear this the other day. I am hoping that the Coastguards receive theirs sooner rather than later, as my son has to be in close contact with anyone that they rescue.
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My Dad is 89 and housebound and the nurses from the surgery came to the house to give him his vaccine.
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I find it very hard with low numbers! It seems to be harder to create a spark for some reason. We have taken my dog for a walk to the local farm to see the animals, visited the park and had lots of messy fun outside but I am longing for the days when we get back to normal. On a really happy note, one of our villages donated £70 to us from the sale of a play station. And in response to my public thank you to him on FB, the local garage owner contacted me to see if he could make a donation and last night donated £100 to us. Just blown away by the kindness. 😍
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We are only open one morning, started with two children and have now increased to four. We have just put out a message to find out what people want after half term and the majority want to keep their children away until the schools go back. With only four children I don’t feel inclined to offer normal hours so this is a compromise. We are being funded for all our children still and this is continuing after half term. I have also made the decision to not start the new two year olds until after Easter when hopefully we will be back to normal numbers, hours and operating. My priority is getting all existing children back and settled again before newbies come in.
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How’s everyone doing? I am finding only working one morning a week incredibly hard! I feel quite lost and aimless at the moment without any kind of focus. Thank goodness for the dog, who needs long muddy walks each day. If only the weather would dry up and then I could get on with preparing the allotment but at the moment you can’t even walk on the soil let alone dig it. Anyone else lost their mojo? Don’t get me wrong I am incredibly grateful to be safe and well and living where I live and I really do thank my lucky stars each day for this.
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Yes this can be a sign of Covid along with an upset stomach. Apparently this can be quite common.
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I love This is us, think it’s a great series. Currently watching the Kominsky method which is funny. You need to be a certain age to appreciate the humour I think.
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Have just watched this and enjoyed it very much.
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Hope you all have a lovely weekend and try and shut off from work worries. Xx
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Sending you lots of love Sunnyday. The more I think about your situation the more furious I become that you have been treated like this. I would be very interested to see how your parents react and see if they take any action. As for the briefing, early years was of course not mentioned! I hope that now you have come to some kind of decision that you can breathe and relax again. Xxxx
